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DONALD CLAIR WYLES
Private · U.S. Army
December 21, 1945 – June 10, 1966
Service recordDonald Clair Wyles, of Saxton, Pennsylvania, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 33
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 6 BN 14 ARTY I FF
- Born
- December 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Saxton, Pennsylvania (Bedford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A BTRY 6 BN 14 ARTY I FF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 33
- DERWOOD D STEIGLEMAN JRSergeant · June 10, 1966
- KENNETH ALVIN BABBSpecialist Four · June 11, 1966
- KENNETH JAMES BOSSIETechnical Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- DANNIE GLENN BRASWELLPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
From Saxton
- CHARLES GRAFFIOUS WARSINGSergeant · May 27, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.